After a better night, everybody by car to Norwich to look around the city, do some shopping as I spent time in the libraries researching the history of Horsey. An enjoyable walk around Wroxham with Di this evening. US President Bush leaves Germany for the UK and calls for an end to the Berlin wall as sterling and the FT index fall today. Barry McGuigan failed in his comeback fight tonight and he will now retire from boxing.
A better night sleep and we laid in a while before I got the breakfast. After this, I went shopping in Wroxham (Hoveton actually) and knocked up Gary and Daniel at the public moorings. We then all went by car for the day to Norwich to look around the city and do some shopping. I spent quite some time in the Reference Library, Local Studies Library and Record Office looking into the history of Horsey. I read the 1812 enclosure act which was all about drainage and allotment of rabbit warrens. It was all owned by one family at that time. Back to our accommodation at Wroxham and then, after Di got the tea and the girls to bed, I took her for a walk around the older section of Wroxham and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
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The news today is of US President Bush leaving Germany and visiting the UK after his successful disarmament proposals. He has called for the end to the Berlin Wall before taking a boat trip down the Rhine at Mainz and then flying to the UK. Back in the US, the speaker of the House of Representatives has had to resign after a book deal scandal. Speaker right had also to defend himself against other mail-dealings in the House ethics committee had censured him. Sterling was down again against the Deutschmark today and, with it, the FT index fell too. Barry McGuigan failed in his comeback fight tonight which was stopped in the fourth round with a cut eye. He will now retire from boxing. The weather was quite chilly today, but without the cold breeze of yesterday. Overnight temperatures are only 4 to 5°C with frosts a distinct possibility.